NEW DELHI: Two men suspected of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl in a remote northeast Indian state were dragged from a police station and lynched by an enraged mob, police said on Tuesday. The girl’s disappearance from Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh state, and the discovery of her badly disfigured body, sparked widespread anger. The accused
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KARACHI: Legal fraternity and civil society demanded for foolproof security for a family of two serving judges, one retired judge and a senior lawyer, under attack from last three years and has lost the lives of three family members in a feud with another clan. Servants of Sindh (SoS) a human rights organisation comprised of writers, intellectuals, educationists
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BANGKOK: Myanmar’s army chief received a royal decoration from Thailand on Friday, despite accusations his security forces have carried out ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine state. Global condemnation has rained down on Myanmar since August 25 when a military crackdown on Rohingya insurgents prompted an exodus of nearly 700,000 of the stateless
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ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Wednesday officially conveyed to the Senate that the government and the court can go for public hanging of a convict without amending any law. The CII added that Islamic punishments are meant to create deterrence against the crime in the society. In its response to the Senate’s recent reference on the question
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ISLAMABAD: A total of 66 civilians embraced Shahadat and 228 sustained injuries due to Cease Fire Violations (CFVs) committed by Indian forces since in last five years (Jan 1, 2013 to date), Minister for Defence Khurram Dastgir Khan told National Assembly. Answering the question of Shamas-un-Nisa during question hour in the National Assembly, the Defence
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BERLIN: A German court on Friday handed a life term to an Afghan asylum seeker who stabbed to death a compatriot mother-of-four because she had converted to Christianity. The 30-year-old, who was not named by authorities, murdered the woman in front of two of her children outside a supermarket in the southern city of Prien am Chiemsee last April. She was stabbed
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KOHAT: The accomplice of the accused in the murder of Asma Rani, a medical student, confessed helping Mujahidullah to escape to Saudi Arabia, police said on Sunday. The police arrested Shahzaib from his home in Kohat Development Authority after the information provided by another suspect Sadiqullah on Saturday. Shahzaib confessed that he helped Mujahidullah
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LONDON: Sister of murdered Asma Rani has said that both the Khybe Pakhtoonkhwa (KP) and President of PTI Kohat district Aftab Alam knew about life threats to her sister but did absolutely nothing to stop Mujahid Afridi from killing her. Asma Raniâs sister Sofia Rani made extraordinary revelation in an interview here in West London where she shared
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LAHORE: 25-year-old youth was poisoned to death by his brother-in-law and his three friends in Liaqatabad area on Sunday. The victim was identified as Muhammad Awais, son of Muhammad Abbas of Pindi Rajpootan. The victim’s father accused his son-in-law Muhammad Saleem and his three friends Asif, Ali and Sarwar of killing his son over property issue. Police
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The Supreme Court on Thursday set free a man earlier convicted of raping and killing an 11-year-old in Turbat, saying there was not enough evidence against him. The man was first convicted by a trial court and sentenced to death in 2014. A year later, in 2015, the Balochistan High Court had turned the death sentence into life imprisonment.
The SC on Thursday
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